Kale (name)

Kale, sometimes spelt as Kayle or abbreviated from Kalen, is a Gaelic unisex given name, although it is more commonly given to males.

History
Americanized form of German Köhl (see Kohl) or Kehl and possibly also of Kahl (compare Cale). In English it is a habitational name from the villages of East and West Keal in Lincolnshire which are named from Old Norse kjǫlr ‘ridge’.

It may also be a variant of Call. In Dutch it is a nickname from kaal ‘bald’.

In India (Maharashtra it is a descriptive nickname from Hindi kale ‘black’ (Sanskrit kāla) found among Marathas or/and Kunbis, Brahmnins and other communities. The Konkanastha Brahmins have a clan called Kale.

Given name

 * Kale Ane, former professional American football player
 * Kale Browne, actor
 * Kale Cezario, Ghanaian politician
 * Kale Kayihura, Ugandan lawyer, military officer and policeman
 * Kale Kye-Taung Nyo, king of Ava from 1425 to 1426
 * Kale Williams, American civil rights activist

Surname

 * Aderonke Kale, major-general and former commander of the Nigerian Army Medical Corps
 * Jonathan Kale (born 1988), Ivorian basketball player
 * Karsh Kale, musician
 * Tvrtko Kale (born 1974), Croatian-Israeli footballer
 * Vasant Purushottam Kale, writer

Fictional characters

 * Kale (Dragon Ball), a character from Dragon Ball Super
 * Kale (Lady Kale), villain in the cartoon series Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders
 * Kale, a character from the film A Perfect Getaway
 * Jennifer Kale, a Marvel Comics character
 * Kale Brecht, main character of the film Disturbia
 * Kale Firehart, main character of book series The Chronicles of Kale
 * Kale Ingram, a character in the TV series Rubicon